Frederik Braun wrote: > On 05.08.2014 06:42, Jonas Sicking wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Frederik Braun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But let's step back for a moment and think about use cases. > >> * back-up the whole system. i.e., everything that is required to do a > >> full recovery from whatever broken state the phone is in. > >> * all apps and settings, not the system. > >> * apps selectively? (this might conflict with the intent not to execute > >> scripts within other apps. Or maybe through a "give me your backup > >> data"-call the app is responsible to support?) > > > > This sound like great usecases. > > > > I don't think we'd need to run scripts within any apps in order to > > allow the user to pick which apps to back up. Currently the > > application registry lives as a JSON file which means that you can > > read it fairly easily as long as you have file access. > > > > Are you looking at some solution for end-user usable backup, or > > something just for developers? > > > > Long-term, I think we need to provide a backup solution that is usable > for end-users. But I think the first iterations could be a developer thing.
If the audience for now is mostly developers, maybe you want to build the backup mechanism within WebIDE. See: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.gaia/wX_3Db1q2fg/2J01fhfExJgJ We already have buttons to unlock devices (http://i.imgur.com/TxEWB0t.png). -- Paul _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
